Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-21
.IN ARCTIC SURVIVOR
Commits Suicide at the
Annapolis Naval
Academy.
Boston Enters q Protest
to the Inter State
Commission.
The Queen Of the Sandwich
Islands in San Francisco.
Blaine In ChleAgo-Dsafh sf q Promi.
sent seEsntIst-Demurrsr Over
ruled-The Pseiae RAIlroad
connIssion = Fugitive
Chicago Anarchist.


| AENAPoLEs. (Md.). April 2o.-Lisatsn.
ant John w. Dannenhauer, the Arctic
explorer, shot and killed himseIf st the
Naval Academy this morning. he had
mental tr6abie after be came back from
the Arctic region. BE was found lying
on his rug In trent Of his 6rsplaoe With
O tag tied TO his buttonhole, ''Send 70
my brother at Washington Although
he had mental trouble since he re-
turned from the Arctic region, what i'm
mediately led 20 bis suicide is thought
TO have been the recent grounding Of
the Constellation on its way 10 Norfolk,
which be had charge OF and fer which,
Il is supposed, be bad fear Of being
courtmaxtiAled. Furthermore. be vas
very intimate With young Robert W.
Lakewood. who recently committed sui
/ eide on the Carolina and whom he saw
in death. Il il supposed that this death
| suggested Q mode TO him. His wife,
formerly Miss Sloane, Of New York, is
| away with her parents. Lieutenant
Dannenhausr leaves two children. BE
vas about 81 years old and an intelli-
gent and polished eficsr.
Lieutenant DannanhaueF's career vas
an eventful one. He was born 81 years
ago in Illinois and entered the naval |
service In 1856. He was attached TO the |
Vandalia dnrine her cruise In the Msdit- |
teranean in 1876, when General Grant |
with his family was on board and |
visited the Holy Land. IL vas before |
this cruise that the Lieutenant, through |
his conduct, began TO show signs Of an |
unbalanced mind and his malady soon /
assumed 20 violent form that 10 1875, /
after be had been found wandering in q
Nsrth Carolina wilderness, his friends /
deemed it expedient to secure proper
treatment for him by combining him for
about two months in st. Eiiz Abeth's
insane asylum.
He was among the first Of the efHcera
Who volunteered to 20 on the Jsannstte
Arctic expedition. On July 6th, 1879.
the Jeannette sailed from San Francis
90 on North Pslar expedition. The
last communication from the vessel was
dated at Cape SeElzskamen. Siberia,
September ID. 1879. Although she vas
last seen OF WsinZel Land. The eFnis.
ing Of the Jeanette in pack ice, the
separation in gale Of the three boats
containing the sfficers asd crew. the
starvation Of DsLong and his boats
crew, the less Of Lieutenant Chips
boat and the terrible suffering and final
rescue Of Melville's party are matters Of
4A1bOEys Al tnD An1A oCR0A0AAO4 Va s1G
boats DeLeug placed DannenhaueF IN
der MeIville's command for the reason,
as she Lieutenant said in his report,
that be vas partially disabled by the
condition Of his eyes. The naval officers,
SsSs: wsS SSin'Aa Ia IL i rs RasnsA
and skillful handling Of the Whaleboat,
notwithstanding bis partial eFaxiRess,
that the safe landing Of the crew was
due. Melville and Dannenhaoer we're
the only Surviving officers Of the expe-
dition.
when DanneuhaueF returned to the
United States, in 1882, be was placed on
waiting orders during the progress Of
official inquiry into the less Of the Jean
nette and afterwards he was granted
years leave Of absence. Daring this
time be delivered number Of lectures
in different parts OF the conntry. In
September, 1884. be was assigned to
duty et Annapolis as A, sissant Com.
mander Of cadets, which station be held
al the time of bis death.
WAsHuoroN, April 2O.-W. W. Dan
uenhaueT, father Of the Lieutenant. said
in conversation tonight that his son vas
treated for melancholia some fifteen
years ago and speedily recovered. Since
k0Cu kuCFG UNH uoWCL uECQe W Atu AMOW- L
ledge, any appearance or apprehension
Of any mental unssundnsss until today.
The remaias Of DannenhausF will be /
brought 10 Washington tomorrow for
burial.
Interstate Commerce.
wAsHrsoros, April 2o.-E. n. Her.
rick, President Of the Paoiac Pine Lum- |
bsr Company. and z. o. Williams, |
Presidents Of the Redwood Msnufsc |
turing Association Of San Francisco, |
have seleQrapAed 10 the later State |
Commerce Commission as follows:
soar too corporations, employing 5000
10 10. 600 mea, and With about $50. 900 900
capital, have addressed you BY mail,
stating that our Eastern business has
been entirely destroyed by the opera
Iion Of the new Law, and asking your
inteFpositios IN our behalf. Mean
while will you allsW the roads over
which We have besn operating 10 z ve
the old Fatss and 70 revive our busiRess
With the East, provided the rate 10 open
and availabls for all ?"
A. Laak 4 Co., OF San Francisco. tele-
eraphed: "rhe fruit interests Of this
State, which are Of great and growing
| Importance, are seriously isopardizsd
by the working OF the Inter State Gem
Deros Iav. In ssmuoh as this interest
cannot svail itsslf of the matter OF
competition, we respectfully ask that
section 4 be suspended, that these inter
ests be not entirely pAFalizsd and q
great i0ss ens1e."
Representatives Of Q large number Of
basIness interests centerinQ 10 Boston
we're present in the room Of the later
State Commission this morning and the
bearing Of their seauDent oacapied the
greater part Of toe day. William H
Linceln agent Of line Of rransatlAntio
steamers said under cath that sbe
whole business Of Boston both local
and export vas involved In this matter
Of 9 change in rates. which the Inter
State OopmeFce bill brought into effect.
Boston vas the second port Of she soun
try IN the smount Of ex 0oFts and i'm
ports. THIS trade bad all been buils up
on the bass Of tqualitv With NsE
fsrk on ratts. Nos Nee foFk's advan-
taRs in spite 81 this equality was sueh
thai the average rate OF ocean freight
duFinR tbs LAST szason had been from
penny 90 . penny and q half In her
fayoE. This question wMa 0e sush i'm
portance that be hsd cRh,ef his ueopIs
81 Liverpool to delay the sailing of 4
steamship which vas about 10 sail, u1til
the matter eoald be sattlsd- He knew
that otter lines bad done tue asma.
The through rata from Chicaeo 10 Liv.
erpool Today vas less than local rate
from OAieaeo 10 Boston. Other cors-
plants we're Of about the same nature
The CoDmissscneFn gave no intimatiou
- 10 what their action may Be.
Qseea sf The saadwieh aalanda.
sAx FAAHcEsoo. April 0.-Qasen Ka-
piolani Of The HaUaiiaa king lon AZ
rived this morning from HouoIzls oa
zoe steamer Australia She go accom-
panied By Princess LiIIio0kAlzni and a
number Of hizh ofhciais Of the H4sai
ian eoRs rnnent ibe ohieca Of % =
Qaeen's voyage 10 TO be pFxssns 81
Qzssn Vietorta's Jubilee celshFaficn IL
Losdon il Jane o@xL The royal party
vii remain here about one vssk whsn